French Roasted Beef Recipes

FRENCH ROASTED BEEF

Steps:

• Sprinkle salt over roast. Wrap tightly and refrigerate for 12 hours. Remove roast from refrigerator, unwrap, place on a wire rack in a shallow pan, cover and let sit until it reaches room temperature. Discard wrap.
• Preheat oven to 225 degrees F.
• Prepare another shallow pan with a wire rack in it. Place in oven to heat.
• Pat the roast dry, rub 1 T oil evenly over the meat. Pepper roast.
• In a heavy pan, cast iron is best, place remaining T of oil. Heat almost to smoke.
• With kitchen tongs, place the roast into hot pan. Sear on each side for 3-4 minutes each.
• Remove pan and roast from heat.
• Place roast on warmed rack in preheated oven.
• Use a probe thermometer to monitor temperature.
• You want to try to keep the internal temperature of the roast below 122 degrees. Adjust oven temperature as needed, or open door briefly, to keep that temperature down.
• For a medium rare roast, cook to 115, remove from oven. Turn oven off. (A 5 pound roast will take around 2 hours in my oven to reach 115 degrees.) Leave roast in oven until thermometer reaches 130 F for medium rare. This will take 30 to 50 minutes longer.
• If your roast is not coming up to temperature, turn the oven back on to 225 for 5 minutes, turn it off and finish.
• When roast is at 130 F, transfer to cutting board and let rest 15 minutes.
• Slice and serve.

FRENCH ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree.
• Place the onions and garlic on the bottom of your pan. Add roast.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients and pour over roast in pan.
• Bake 3-4 hours, covered.

FRENCH ONION ROAST BEEF PULL-APART SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Make the dressing: Mix the mayonnaise, pickles, ketchup, horseradish, dill, onion powder and hot sauce in a small bowl; season with salt. Cover and refrigerate.
• Make the sandwiches: Preheat the oven to 425˚ F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Pour 4 tablespoons of the butter into a small bowl and set aside. Add the onions and thyme to the skillet with the remaining butter and cook, stirring occasionally, until deep golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Add the sherry to the skillet; cook until evaporated. Add the beef broth and Worcestershire sauce and return to a simmer. Cook until the liquid is reduced by half and the onions are caramelized, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Trim the ends off the bread loaf. Cut the bread on an angle into 12 slices, leaving the bottom of the loaf intact. (You can position chopsticks along the long sides of the bread to keep from cutting all the way through the loaf.) Transfer to the baking sheet.
• Brush the reserved melted butter between the bread slices and all over the loaf. Set aside about one-third of the onions. Fill every other slice of the loaf with the remaining onions, starting with the first slice. Fold the roast beef and tuck into the onion-filled slices, along with the cheese. Top the loaf with the reserved onions and any onion juices.
• Bake until the cheese is browned and bubbly, about 20 minutes. Pull apart or slice into individual sandwiches. Serve with the dressing.

POT-ROAST BEEF WITH FRENCH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Rub the meat with 1 tsp of the oil and plenty of seasoning. Heat a large flameproof casserole dish and brown the meat all over for about 10 mins. Meanwhile, add 2 tsp oil to a frying pan and fry the carrots and celery for 10 mins until turning golden.
• Lift the beef onto a plate, splash the wine into the hot casserole and boil for 2 mins. Pour in the stock, return the beef, then tuck in the carrots, celery and bay leaves, trying not to submerge the carrots too much. Cover and cook in the oven for 2 hrs. (I like to turn the beef halfway through cooking.)
• Meanwhile, thinly slice the onions. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and stir in the onions, thyme and some seasoning. Cover and cook gently for 20 mins until the onions are softened but not coloured. Remove the lid, turn up the heat, add the butter and sugar, then let the onions caramelise to a dark golden brown, stirring often. Remove the thyme sprigs, then set aside.
• When the beef is ready, it will be tender and easy to pull apart at the edges. Remove it from the casserole and snip off the strings. Reheat the onion pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 min. Whisk the floury onions into the beefy juices in the casserole, to make a thick onion gravy. Taste for seasoning. Add the beef and carrots back to the casserole, or slice the beef and bring to the table on a platter, with the carrots to the side and the gravy spooned over.

BEST SLOW-COOKER BEEF ROAST

Steps:

• Wash and rinse your meat (then towel dry) stab it all over with a very sharp knife & rub or sprinkle all of the seasonings onto the roast .
• Sauté minced garlic in the oil .
• Add the onions & sauté until light golden brown & then remove them with a slotted spoon or tongs and set to the side.
• Brown the seasoned roast on all sides (may need to add a little more olive oil).
• If using a roasting pan line it with foil and also generously spray the foil.
• Place the fried roast in the baking pan with the remaining grease (add a cup of water around it .
• Bake Roast at 400 for 45 minutes (covered).
• Add potatoes & carrots on the sides of the roast .
• Pour the can of beef broth & French soup over everything .
• Now add the sautéed onions & garlic on top of the roast.
• Sprinkle a little bit of the seasonings you rubbed into the roast over the entire dish .
• Bake at 400 for 45 minutes.
• Mix 2 Tablespoons of flour with 1/4th cup of water & pour it over everything in the dish . This is going to be the yummy gravy .
• Bake covered for another 45-55 minutes or until the veggies are tender .